TOGA COARE soundings from R/V Keifu Maru https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.124 Summary This dataset consists of sounding data from aboard the Research Vessel (R/V) Keifu-Maru which was operated by Japan. The R/V was in TOGA-COARE domain during the period from 3 November to 16 November 1992. Soundings were taken four times per day (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC) during participation in the IOP. UCAR/JOSS conducted no quality control on these data. This dataset includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude taken at a variable vertical resolution. Refer to the station README file for details. NOTE: This dataset has been updated (5/2/2002) with corrected data for the humidity measurement errors of the Vaisala RS 80 radiosonde (Wang et al 2002). Please see the README for details. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 2.124 * doi:10.5065/D6N014S5 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6N014S5 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Max Plaank Institute, Wang, J. 2006. TOGA COARE soundings from R/V Keifu Maru. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6N014S5 Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * TOGA_COARE: TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TOGA_COARE Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 6 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes * Ships Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES Documentation * NON_NCAR_sites.txt [19 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41040191/NON_NCAR_sites.txt Related links * homepage: TOGA COARE Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/toga-coare Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1992-11-03 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1992-11-15 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 0.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -2.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 154.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 156.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * originator: Junhong Wang https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/288 * originator: Max Plaank Institute https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/505 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.124?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.124?format=isotc211